The Court of Criminal Appeal has reserved judgement in the case of a psychiatric patient jailed for 10 years for repeatedly stabbing a doctor.

MORE THAN half of all consultant psychiatrists working in Ireland have been physically assaulted by their patients, with one in five stating they feel “stalked” while on duty.

A PARANOID schizo-phrenic who was jailed for stabbing a man to death on a Limerick street was yesterday jailed for 10 years at Limerick Circuit Court for a vicious knife attack on the psychiatrist who was treating him after his release.

The economy is in crisis, but services to people with mental illness have been in crisis since the ’80s and the consequences are all around us, writes Claire O’Sullivan.

THE consultant psychiatrist who suffered horrific wounds when a patient went on a rampage at a Limerick day hospital on Thursday was still critical but stable last night.

A 29 year-old man with a history of mental illness who stabbed a homeless alcoholic in Limerick had his 10-year jail sentence reduced by three years today.

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Charlton boss Alan Curbishley handed 21-year-old midfielder Jerome Thomas his first start in the Barclays Premiership for today’s match against Middlesbrough at The Valley.

A man, who was taking medication for schizophrenia, bought a knife for his own protection the same day that he fatally stabbed a homeless man, a murder trial has heard.

A 24-year-old man has appeared before a special sitting of the Limerick